View full sizeCourtesy of the Boise Neighborhood AssociationWill North Portland homeowners feel the Payne? Payne Apartments, a building proposed along North Williams Avenue, will provide parking for bikes but not cars.

The second-tightest rental-housing market in the nation has led to an apartment-building boom in Portland. Some neighborhood residents and homeowners have bristled at the thought that new apartments without off-street parking will crowd local streets with cars. Southeast Portland, where reporter Steve Beaven walks the beat, is one of the centers of opposition. Residents have also balked in Northeast and on Casey Park’s beat in North Portland.